Only 16GB? Compared to current generation iPods with 80GB or more why does the touch only have an 8GB and 16GB version?
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It's flash memory, not a hard drive. Flash is far more expensive for compact sizes. I would do a few searches on "NAND Flash" and "High Capacity Flash" and you will see that the price makes sense for the low amount of space.
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That depends on how many apps/music/videos/pictures that your kids load. I think if my son had a 16G instead of 8G on his older 4th generation ipod we probably wouldn't have chosen to upgrade. He had LOTS of apps, and his 8G got too slow. If a camera is important to your kids, you will pay a lot more for a 5th gen - the 4th gen have cameras on every memory configuration but the 5th gen only on the 32G, which is pricey.
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It depends on what kind of user you are. I have a 16GB, and I feel like it is enough. BUT I still use an iPod classic for my 6000-some songs. I use the touch only for my favorite music, my TV Shows, a few Movies, and lots of apps. Its like my PDA. But If you want to hold lots of stuff on it, get the 32GB. It also depends if you have the money for it. I didn't have the money for a bigger one. But if you have the money, and you want to play it safe, and think that you are going to fill it heavily, then get the larger one. But if you don't have the money, and KNOW that you won't put that much stuff on it, then get the 16GB.
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by now it is impossible to update software or apps or get {many} new apps on either of the models. if you are reading this now a third gen AT LEAST. my 8gb fourth gen has worked almost flawlessly on ios4 for 13+ months now. only its almost out of storage and i want more music so i am getting a 32 or 64g w/ios5. (dont want to update my current 1 bcause i dont want to lose my data. :( boooo. :)
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Hello! Indeed it was a 32 gb ipod. In my case, I like to have lots of music, videos and even movies, so the 32 gb. are perfect and even at times I have fallen short because the content is much.
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You might want to try the shuffle if you don't have a lot of music (it's 1 gigabyte, 240 songs for $79) or the nano (4 gigabytes, 1000 songs for $149, 8 gigabytes, 2000 songs for $199) if you don't want to pay 300 or 400 dollars for the iPod touch.
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ok what i did was i bought a 120 gig classic to hold all of my music. Now for photos and random videos and a couple songs i've downloaded on the spot i have my 32 gig touch. So i have my classic jor just music and a touch for everything else!
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4gb The ipod is cool but the only thing that's sucks is that u need headphones that can turn the volume up on it because u can't on the ipod it self.
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Since the product details were loaded into the system before iOS 8 became available, the product details only show iOS 6. This generation iPod should be able to be updated to iOS 8..Its just a matter of a software update through iTunes for free. Hope that helps!
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I would call and ask them (1-800-233-8413) because I just received it and learned too late that it's not compatible with the 8gb ipod touch 2nd generation. It sounds great though.
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It should be whatever the ad says. Bear in mind that the OS alone takes up at least a few gigs of that number so you're getting closer to 60GB. I have about 7000 songs, aps, a few photos/videos on my 64 and keep getting close to or over the capacity. The problem is that iTunes is very cryptic and sometimes just goes crazy and you have to reset your device. Turn off Find My iPhone and reset your passwords etc, AND Very IMPORTANT: turn back on Find MY IPHONE again or somebody can get away with stealing your device! Backup your ipod often and good luck
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Actually I have an 8 GB iphone and thought it would be a problem but really the way apple designed the ipod touch and iphone with itunes makes it almost a moot point. You can transfer things in and out of your ipod while you are recharging the battery that even 8GB is plenty. I change my songs about once a month (2000 songs is more than I can listen to), and i dont keep the same movies on my ipod. After you watch a few, you replace them with new ones on itunes with one click. How hard is that? Same for podcasts, they automatically remove the old ones and replace with the new. No other device has the ease of use and ease of transfer of your files, that is why they need lots of external memory crap! Actually I have an 8 GB iphone and thought it would be a problem but really the way apple designed the ipod touch and iphone with itunes makes it almost a moot point. You can transfer things in and out of your ipod while you are recharging the battery that even 8GB is plenty. I change my songs about once a month (2000 songs is more than I can listen to), and i dont keep the same movies on my ipod. After you watch a few, you replace them with new ones on itunes with one click. How hard is that? Same for podcasts, they automatically remove the old ones and replace with the new. No other... » Read More Actually I have an 8 GB iphone and thought it would be a problem but really the way apple designed the ipod touch and iphone with itunes makes it almost a moot point. You can transfer things in and out of your ipod while you are recharging the battery that even 8GB is plenty. I change my songs about once a month (2000 songs is more than I can listen to), and i dont keep the same movies on my ipod. After you watch a few, you replace them with new ones on itunes with one click. How hard is that? Same for podcasts, they automatically remove the old ones and replace with the new. No other device has the ease of use and ease of transfer of your files, that is why they need lots of external memory crap! « Show Less
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I'm waiting for a 128gb flash player that SOUNDS good, and can be loaded with a standard usb cable, and not requiring some proprietary software (read itunes). I test drove a 64gb ipod touch when it first came out, because my 16gb cowon iaudio7 is too small, but it sounded terrible, admittedly it was a stock set of tunes ripped at a low bit rate, but when I wanted to load up my own max bit rate tunes to it, the geniuses at the apple store couldn't fathom why someone would want to listen to tunes they'd ripped themselves, or how to make it happen. Hopefully someone raises the bar on storage space and sound quality, neither of which should be hard at this point. I wish someone would swing for the fences and do a flash 256gb player. I have to admit, I'm anachronistic, in that I don't want internet access, apps, videos, etc. just a gigantic music player that's not disk based (use it on a motorcycle, drop it constantly on the commute), that sounds fantastic and has great battery life. The more things a device does, the performance of each of those things suffers.
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I upgraded mine from ios7 to ios8 within the last couple of weeks. Just make sure you get at least the 16gb (preferably 32 or 65+ gb), as io8 was a HUGE file and lot of people could NOT upgrade, simply because they didn't have enough free hard drive space for the new operating system files.
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Wait a minute, my 1GB Nano only has 892MB on it. Reading this, I now feel cheated somehow. (Although I still love it).
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Getting to that time of year again and I'm really hoping the Classic does get updated with a bigger hard drive (320Gb). I'm way over 200Gb with my music collection and hate having to shave songs from my iTunes library to rotate through my iPod. I work offshore for 6 weeks at a time and like having all my music with me.
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Yes, my unserstanding is that it's the same tablet, the only difference is that the new one has 32 GB. I bought my on November with 16 GB.